Summit Register

Marilyn · Donegal, Ireland

Silver Hill

600.2 m

1,969 ftDrop 151 mG 906 912

Finder: 9 Marilyns in Donegal

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSilver Hill600.2Lavagh More670Croaghgorm673Slieve Snaght679Errigal747
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSilver Hill600.2Lavagh More670Croaghgorm673
Looking north, 8613 km wide, heights ×3010 (method).

Silver Hill is a Marilyn of 600.2 m in Donegal. Its drop clears the 150 m Marilyn standard by only 1 m.

All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Errigal at 747 m. Of the 9 register hills in Donegal, it has the smallest drop. It is one of only three register hills in the Blue Stack Mountains region, with Croaghgorm and Lavagh More. It is the lowest of the 104 hills profiled in Ireland. It shares its height of 600.2 m with Black Combe. On the Marilyns height ladder it sits between Leagag (601 m) and Black Combe (600.2 m). Its nearest higher summit, Lavagh Beg (649 m, 2.0 km east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit600.2 mKey col449 msea level
Key col G 913 918, 0.9 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

600.2 m104th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

151 m879th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.0 km784th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Lavagh More2.9 km east
    670 m
  2. 2
    Croaghgorm4.5 km east
    673 m
  3. 3
    Slieve Snaght23.6 km north
    679 m
  4. 4
    Errigal29.5 km north
    747 m
1234Lavagh MoreCroaghgormSlieve SnaghtErrigalN10 km

Lists

  • 870th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Lavagh Beg, 649 m, 2.0 km east
Region
45C: Blue Stack Mountains
OS map
11
Summit
Cairn on outcrop
DoBIH no.
20218
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Silver Hill

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures